Subj : Re: Upgrade.
To   : Nick Andre
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Sat Nov 08 2025 17:16:36


NA> I had HP DL360's and 380's and although they're nice... they need HP
NA> drives.
NA> Non-HP drives appear to be missing a temperature sensor which causes the
NA> backplane controller to run the fans at full blast... jet-engine full
NA> blast.
NA> Ended up getting rid of them and going with two Dell R510's for storage,
NA> 24 hard drives total, and a R610 for Vmware EXSI.... the hard drives are
NA> a mix of different brands and the controller doesn't complain at all.

I had the extact same HP DL380s with the exact same issues, but there is a solution to the fan full blast issue.  You have to disable the onboard array controller and install another raid controller, like an LSI Megaraid 9261-8i. You can connect the drives to the LSI controller and no blasting fans in the DL380.  I ran mine like that for years before I had the SuperMicros.

But I wasn't a fan of those small 2.5" drives anyway since you couldn't find anything larger than 1TB which not near enough these days.

I have been using LSI Megaraid 9361-8i controllers in my latest upgrade, which also has 1G of battery backed up cache.  Works like a champ.  I had to swap out the cables when I went to from the 9261-8i to 9361-8i, but the upgrade was well worth it.  The speed and rebuild times are WAY faster.

- Mark

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